Reach out to your loved ones in Japan — for free. Responding to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, AT&T, Comcast, Time Warner, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint are providing free phone calls and texts to the country, as well as access to Japanese news broadcasts. Original post
In an earlier post: Computers in Libraries 2011, I gave you some information on the 2011 Computers in Libraries (CIL) coming up next week in Washington, D.C. As a reminder, the conference dates are March 21 – 23, 2011. The theme for 2011 is: Strategic Focus & Value for Library Communities. CIL is a favoriteRead… Read more »
The use of website analytics and reporting software isn’t new to most website owners. Tracking and analyzing the usage of your website by people and search engine ‘bots are obviously essential activities for validating your investment. Typical metrics tracked include number of visits by various user types, number of downloads or access to particular content,Read… Read more »
This blog entry was originally posted on [acronym] Online, a blog and magazine dedicated to those in the public sector working within the 2D and 3D digital design, GIS, architecture and engineering disciplines. In December of last year, Google released its new Google Earth Engine, an application created specifically with scientific research in mind. ThisRead… Read more »
I’m excited to be in Paris today where I randomly ran into an awesome Open Data conference hosted by Microsoft. Couple people reached out and said I should attend so here I am. I’ll continue to update as it evolves Here’s my live notes: -Open data is going through a revolution. As important as theRead… Read more »
We post a lot about the impressive renewable energy research that is going on at our national labs and universities. So it’s easy to think that the world of green begins and ends with energy research. But a recent GreenBiz.com article reminded us that supporting green projects is about more than reducing pollution and loweringRead… Read more »
TriMet is currently working with the open source community to develop OpenTripPlanner, which allows customers to plan multimodal trips. Original post
I’ve burbled on this point before, but more and more, the point of what the Foreign and Commonwealth Office tries and do in digital (or what we ought to be trying to do) is to concentrate not so much on creating a destination website, but to work on setting up the mechanics to deliver ourRead… Read more »
Continuing the posts about local digital communities, here are a couple of links to interesting research and publications on the subject, which I’ve been giving a re-read recently. The Online Neighbourhood Networks Study – from Hugh Flouch and Kevin Harris. Loads of great resources and insight here. Joining the Conversation: an introduction to hyperlocal mediaRead… Read more »
Students at North Carolina State University have a new way to track the location of the campus Wolfline bus with a free app for Android phones. Original post